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Wike gave the advice while responding to the challenges outlined by the councils’ chairmen during a familiarisation meeting in Abuja on Thursday. According to him, the surveillance committee will help in checking insecurity and activities of illegal mining in communities, which creates an avenue for insecurity. Earlier, …

Overseeing the event, Kim Jong Un calls for the rapid development of the country’s navy and its ‘nuclear weaponisation’. North Korea has launched its first operational “tactical nuclear attack submarine”, a key part of leader Kim Jong Un’s plan to develop a nuclear-armed navy to counter the United States and …

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Global community urged to decarbonise their economy. Fossil fuels emit the highest carbon footprint of all fuel types and are considered dirty energy, followed by coal. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Thursday, September 07, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Sep 07 (IPS) – To cool down a burning planet, …

The director added that the sensitisation was to protect the public from fraudsters electronically. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Thursday sensitised the general public on the telecommunication frauds. …

The recent discovery of new coronavirus strains has triggered fears of a new wave of restrictions, more than three years since the COVID-19 pandemic forced lockdowns and stringent restrictions. It has also reignited a discussion over the efficacy of face masks in preventing transmission – an increasingly divisive topic that …

Mexico decriminalizes abortion.

Its Director-General, Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi made the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. She was speaking in view of the donation of two four-wheel drive vehicles by the Canadian government to Nigeria. The vehicles were presented to the agency by …

About 148 to 150 million years ago, a strange pheasant-sized and bird-like dinosaur with elongated legs and arms built much like wings inhabited southeastern China, with a puzzling anatomy suggesting it either was a fast runner or lived a lifestyle like a modern wading bird. Scientists said on Wednesday they have unearthed …

The poorest people in some of the least responsible regions for climate change or emissions – like East Africa – are losing their lives and livelihoods to human-induced climate change. Credit: Charles Karis/IPS Opinion by Amitabh Behar, Fati NZi Hassane (nairobi) Wednesday, September 06, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Sep 06 …